BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — On the eve of the March 22 NSW election, both Labor Premier Bob Carr and Liberal Party leader John Brogden pleaded with voters not to make the war on Iraq a state election issue.
However, the rapid growth of the
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BY MARCEL CAMERON
Hearing news that war had begun, more than 10,000 people jammed into Brisbane's King George Square in a 5pm emergency rally called by the Queensland Peace Network on March 20. At first the mood was sombre and reflective, but this
BY DANI BARLEY
DETROIT — As word of the commencement of mis-named Operation Iraqi Freedom spread across the world, activists in the belly of the beast also took to the streets to voice their intense opposition to what they labelled an "unjust and
BY
RAHUL MAHAJAN
The US government claims that the war against Iraq is necessary in
order to uphold international law. Yet, Iraq is threatening no country
with aggression and its violations of UN Security Council resolutions are
technical,
BY
PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY Protestors at the emergency rally on March 20 didn't miss
an opportunity to tell NSW Premier Bob Carr what they thought of his tame-cat
position on the Iraq war when they spotted his limousine stuck in traffic
near
BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI
PERTH — On March 19, 2000 people attended an emergency anti-war protest called on four hours notice.
Anti-war sympathisers employed by the Perth City Council organised access to electrical power for the protest, and a
MELBOURNE — A benefit production of Eve Ensler's groundbreaking, award-winning play, The Vagina Monologues — hailed as funny, poignant, intelligent and courageous — will dive into the mystery, humour, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement
Itching for Gulf War III
"We suddenly discover that Iran is much further along, with a far more robust nuclear weapons development program than anyone said it had." — US Secretary of State and UN slide shows Colin Powell, March 13.
Practicing
Letter from Baghdad
Every morning for the past five weeks I've watched the children walk to school from the balcony of my hotel across the street.
Today [March 17], I was asked to leave this hotel for my own safety. To the right is a phone
BY RACHEL CORRIE
[The following are excerpts from an email to Rachel Corrie's family on February 7.]
I have been in Palestine for two weeks and one hour now, and I still have very few words to describe what I see... I don't know if many of the
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